Tension quickly turns to tedium in low budget horror flick The Tunnel

The horror flick is set in an underground network of abandoned Austrailian railway tunnels

This low-budget Aussie horror makes two mistakes so fatal you have to wonder if the Tasmanian Devil might have made a better fist of things.

First: you know who ends up dead from the off, as most of this consists of survivors giving documentary-style, first- person testimonies, detailing their investigation of abandoned tunnels under Sydney that seem to be connected to a government conspiracy.

This spoiler destroys all sense of thrill in much the same way crediting a celebrity guest star at the start of a US TV crime drama does.

Second is the inept pacing. The constant cut-aways to ponderous post-action accounts interrupt the excitement of the flashback scenes, which is where you get the juicy blood and screams caused by something you never quite see (a ghost? Homeless test subjects gone bad?).

What you want from this is The Descent; what you get is a slide into tedium.